Today's News

A fundraiser is scheduled for 6 to 8 tonight to help raise funds for the family of a Lawrenceburg teenager killed early this month in a wreck.

Cody Ramsey, who would have been a high school senior this year, worked part-time in the county park, and his co-workers, other county employees and fiscal court magistrates have already raised about $800 to help cover his final expenses.

Tonight, Edwardo's Pizza on Glensboro Road will donate 15 percent of its sales during that time, organizers said, to help the family purchase a headstone for Ramsey.

Anderson County High School football coach Mark Peach has asked parents of Bearcat football players to gather for an informational meeting on Friday, July 13 at 6 p.m. at Hollie Warford Stadium, located behind the high school.
The Bearcats are scheduled to open fall practice on Monday, July 16, Peach said last week.
For more information, contact the high school at 839-5118.

By Art Lander Jr.
Ky. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Resources
For many firearms deer hunters in Kentucky, the tool of choice is the bolt-action centerfire rifle.
With a little gunsmithing work and the right ammunition along with pre-season shooting practice, deer hunters will be ready to close the deal when a shooter buck walks into range this November.
The first step is to find a competent gunsmith who can accomplish three procedures: adjusting the trigger pull, free-floating the rifle’s barrel and bedding its action.

The team of Robby Robinson and Carol Catlett has been very successful in recent couples’ night golf competitions at Wild Turkey Trace Golf Course.
Last week, the tandem won for the second time in recent weeks, winning a two-person, nine-hole scramble and beating Rick and Carolee Hawkins in a playoff hole.
On June 22, the team of Robinson and Catlett took first place in the two-person scramble with Shawn and Julie Black taking second place.
Last week, the three-person team of Mark Lilly, Colin Cox and Danny Vernon won in the men’s league play.

Nearly anyone who has attended even a few football games has experienced that scary moment when two players collide full speed and one does not get up or, at best, gets up slowly and groggily.
For years, fans and media passed it off as just a temporary problem with no long-term effects.
While a knee or shoulder injury causes visible problems, a head injury or concussion was simply passed over.
Research over the years has identified the dangers of concussions in many sports, prompting the Kentucky High School Athletic Association to act.

Football has come a long way since the days of playing with no helmet.
Next came the leather headgear, followed by molded plastic helmets with no facemask. Helmets with no internal padding – only a web of straps kept the helmet away from the head – finally gave way to padding, air suspension and the high-tech equipment worn today.

Mark Peach remembers the day he got a concussion playing football.
At least he thinks it probably was one.
One day, while playing offensive tackle for Campbellsville University about 20 years ago, Peach was a bit woozy after taking a hit.
But there was no blood. No broken bones.
At the time, it was considered a minor thing. He’d “gotten his bell rung.”
“I remember one of the coaches was over on the sidelines and told me just to walk it off,” Peach says. “I went back in that game.”

Head injuries are common in high school sports and medical research has shown that adolescent brains are vulnerable to them.
However, there is very little data on the long-term effect of head injuries on people who have not played football or other sports past the high school level. Gathering statistics for such a study is considered very difficult, given privacy laws and the failure of people to report injuries in past years.